Umar Akmal Recalled for Proteas ODIs

Karachi: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal and seamer Wahab Riaz have been recalled to the ODI squad for the five-match series against South Africa in the UAE.

Pakistan have recalled all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez.

Misbah-ul-Haq will skipper the 16-member squad for the matches from Oct. 30 to Nov. 11 in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai.

Hafeez returns after being dropped recently for the Test series against the South Africans.

Pakistan won the first Test in Abu Dhabi by seven wickets on Thursday to end the South African's near two year unbeaten run.

Senior batsman Younis Khan has again not been considered for the one-day series despite being a part of the Test squad.

Also dropped from the ODI squad are openers, Khurrum Manzoor, the man of the match in the first Test with a hundred, and debutant Shaan Masood who scored 75.

"We are preparing the one-day squad keeping in mind the 2015 World Cup so there are some specialized players we are looking at," a board official said.

The ODI squad includes senior all-rounder, Shahid Afridi and four left arm pacers, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Wahab Riaz and Sohail Tanvir.

Pakistan squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain) Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Amin (wk), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Sohaib Maqsood, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk)

In - Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz

Out - Anwar Ali, Asad Ali, Haris Sohail

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